The electoral campaign has been marked by tensions surrounding the presidential aspirations of Efraín Ríos Montt, President of the Congress and former de facto ruler, who had been barred from running on constitutional grounds on two previous occasions.
La campaña electoral se ha caracterizado por tensiones en torno a las aspiraciones presidenciales de Efraín Ríos Montt, presidente del Congreso y ex gobernante de facto, al que en dos ocasiones anteriores le habían prohibido postularse por motivos constitucionales.